lightning race across the sky. the boom of thunder shaking the fox45 studios and the walls of your own home. storms are back in baltimore. welcome to the late edition, i'm jeff barnd.../. jennifer gilbert is off tonight. we're tracking these storms down to your street with our skywatch foreca. forecast. let's look at the wicked weather with chief meteorologist vytas reid. 3

we're... getting... a first look... at the man... suspected ...of kidnapping... the mother ... of... hall of famer... cal ripken.../.. aberdeen... police... released... these photos ... taken ...from a store... surveillence camera..../// police... say... this man... forced... vi ripken... into... her car ...early tuesday ...// and... drove her around... / holding... her captive... for 24 hours. ripken... was found ...yesterday morning.../ . just ... two doors ...down... from her house... / bound..../ she... was... driven around... in her car... at times blindfolded.../ and... bound... for 24 hours...//. a... neighbor... tells... fox 45... around 6 ...in the morning .../ she... heard... a horn beeping .../ but... thought... it was... a car alarm..../ it ... was... after... she drove... ápassedá ripken.../ she... thought... something was wrong. 11:26:22 she looked pretty terrified. which scared me. butt bite/cover cut11:26:44 and i was driving by and saw her beeping at six of 7 when i called police. police. perry...

called... authorities... when...she knew something was wrong...// tonight... police... commend her ...for her efforts. emotional reaction... in... ripken's... hometown tonight...//, kathleen cairns... has... more... on... how... aberdeen residents... sympathize... with... mrs. ripken.../. but... are... worried now, about their own safety. safety. (voice only)"scary"its the headlines outside the aberdeen diner... while inside : (waitress close)"steak and eggs?"(nats ice)(mom mom what do you want?)it's the focus of todays lunchtime crowd conversations. (irene reding)"i was shocked"(eva)"i know cal and his brother and all of em must of been on their last nerve"from eva and judy:(front)"i wonder if any of the neighbors saw her? (side)"was it just one person? (she nods yes.. uh huh")to george: (george goetz)"i grew up with her husband"(judy testerman)"shes down to earth not snooty... like some mothers would be if their children were stars" (cairns)"from outside in the dining room to back there in the kitchen everyones talking about vi ripkens ordeal"

(-nats- kitchen)"sizzle" (kitchen guy)"i just dont understand how people do things like this in her own hometown"but it's the seniors: (ruth odendaugh 87 years old diner)"i'll be 87 years old " who now worry about their own safety: (close on irene reding)"well i would think.....what would you do when you have to go to the bathroom.,..really!!!"(goerge goetz)"i guess she did the right thing she didnt argue with him or anything,"(irene close)"i probably would have passed out!!"(ruth odendaugh 87 years old diner)"i'll be keeping my doors locked thats for sure"(nats throwing dishes away)they just hope the ripken family matriarch recovers..emotionalll....(judy testerman)"but im happy she was safe.. so im glad god had an angel around her."(goerge at counter.. takes drink)"yes in deedee...(sips coffee)" (nats- puts menu back)in aberdeen kc fox 45 news. late edition. be... the... first to... know... about breaking news... on the ripken abduction case ... by... signing up... for... fox45's... "news on the go."...//text... w-b-f-f... to... 45-203... to sign up... for text alerts .../or ...

go to ...fox baltimore dot com ... and... click on... "mobile"... on... the... upper ...right hand corner ... of... the screen.../. screen.../.you... can... also download ...the fox45 app... on... your smartphone...//. go... to... your ...app store.../ and... enter "w-b-f-f"... to... download it. a vigil tonight for the two maryland students killed in a car crash in west virginia this past saturday..... karen parks was there and tells us hundreds showed up at the students former high school in middle river.... river.... close to 200 people..... most of them students gathered at eastern tech high to remember two best friends killed in a car crash this past weekend in west virginia...//take vo// tonight's candlelit vigil started with prayer from tavon frisby and cameron shields.....afterwards....33 minutes of silence... they were coming from orientation at the university of charleston saturday afternoon....both were starting classes there this fall... while frisby was driving along i-79 investigators say he somehow crossed the median into the southbound lanes.... both

were from middle river....and attended high school at eastern tech...//take sot// 3 i believe tavon was vp of student body........it just shows how much they were loved at the school.... school.... 3 details of the funeral arrangements can be found on our website at foxbaltimore.com. foxbaltimore.com. 3 one... of the ...anonymous victims... of... jerry sandusky.../ is... planning on ...suing... penn state...//. his... lawyers say ...their client... was raped... in the penn state football showers.,,,/. they say... they have... overwhelming evidence.../ and... want to hold the university responsible ... for this quote.../ "egregious and reckless conduct ... that... facilitated... the horrific abuse."

prosecutors... expect... more charges ... against a... medical... technician.../ accused ... of... áintentionallyá... infecting patients ...with... hepatitis-c! david kwiat--kowski... is... accused... of... contaminating syringes.../ then... using them ...on patients... in at least 8-states! at least... 30-former patients... in... new hampshire... contracted... the virus.../. kwiatkowski... also... worked at ... four... maryland hospitals... from... 2008 to 2010 -/ including... baltimore ...veterans affairs medical center, .../ johns hopkins,.../ maryland general, .../ and... southern maryland hospital...//the... hospitals... are now... trying... to track down... patients.../ who... may have been ... victimized. 00:57 we want to err on the side of caution to go ahead and test all of the people who may have been exposed here. 03 3 kwiatkowski's... charged with... obtaining drugs... and... tampering with... a... consumer product..../he... denies the allegations. work ... is... underway... in... east baltimore ... to. ..repair... a. ..15 ...foot... sinkhole... that... led to ...a... broken gas line. line.

this... the scene... wednesday.../ when ... the city... was forced to close... 4 blocks... from east monument... to... milton street .../ and... more than... a... dozen businesses.../. the sinkhole... was... caused by.. .a... storm drain... culvert.../ that... acted like... a washing machine... under... the road,.../ swirling... tons of water... and trash..../the... city... is... sending crews ... to... assess... the damage .../ but... the... road... could be closed... for weeks. governor o'malley... is... expected... to announce plans... tomorrow ... for... a... special session... on gambling...//. but... as... john rydell reports.../ there... still... appears... to be... no consensus ... on... the bill.... ((nats))gamblers at maryland live...now have 500 more lottery...has just authorized...an extra 500 slot machines at the casino at arundel mills. but state lawmakers...are also... looking to expandgambling...to "live" tablegames like black- jack and poker. but when lawmakers convenein special session next month...their biggest debate...is expected to center around the national harbor.that's where m.g.m.

entertainment...wantssto build a huge casino.(brown) "we do know the state needs to create jobs and this is a job creating opportunity, the state needs additional revenues to fund our schools." but some baltimore lawmakers...want to ensure that if a casino is built...at the national harbor...it will not reduce revenue...from a future casino in baltimore city.(tarrant) "we'd like to see some additional dollars come from off the top to go towards school construction for baltimore city public schools."(rydell) "but some lawmakers say the complex gambling bill should not be forced through the general assembly in a two or three day special session in the middle of summer."(carter) "to me, there's no reason that we can't wait and handle it with other business during regular session and have it on the 2014 ballot."but gambling supporters...say to wait two more years...would then put maryland far behind other states...which already.... offer live table games. that's why they wantthe gambling issue debated...next month. john rydell, fox 45 news...late edition. lawmakers...

have been... told... to... set aside... the week of... august 6th.../ for... the... session. 3 a goodwill mission turns into an international incident. how mitt romney enraged an entire kingdom in just enraged an entire how mitt romney enraged an entire kingdom in just eight hours. common sense says, let's check to see if this is a live round. how a bomb ended up in the middle of a museum. a major development in the bleach brawl. how these wal- mart chemical warriors fared in maryland's courts.

añ bad day...

for... republican presidential candidate ... mitt romney..../ romney..../ he... caused... a stir ...in britain... by... questioning... whether england ... is... áreadyá... to host ...the olympic games...//. the... country's... prime minister says... romney ...will "see.../ "beyond a doubt"... that britain can deliver." they don't... call him 'fearless felix.." for

nothing..../daredevil... skydiver... felix more than ...96-thousand- feet... above the earth... wednesday... / landing safely in new mexico.../.get this.../ it's... a áwarm-up.á.../baum-gartner ...is planning ...for a record-breaking skydive... of... 125- thousand-feet... next month... / where... he hopes to break the speed of sound... with just his body. bad day for having a cold one. it's... an accident... everyone wanted to stop... and help out... on... this scorching day...///. a... beer truck... overturned in clarksburg... this afternoon....// in... the... northbound lanes... of... i--270...//. the... driver... swerved to avoid something... in the road... when his load... flipped... and... spilled out...//. the... fuel tank... actually ruptured.../ but... luckily... no one was injured. we... 3

luckily... no one 3 a cleaning supply fight gets dirty. the latest on the bleach brawl in a county wal mart. an explosive look at the civil war. how a priceless artifact nearly took out a whole museum.

common sense... says, .../ check... and see... if... that bomb is armed... before... you... put it... in your building...//. a... civil war... bomb... is still causing damage in 2012. 2012. downtown... adairs--ville georgia... was evacuated.... when ...a.. major problem was

found....// a... civil war era... bomb--shell... was actually... still... a... functioning weapon..../ the... regional... bomb squad ... jumped... into emergency mode. holloway says: "one of the local fireman came in, he was a collector and was looking at it, i showed it to him very slowly, he began to back up.. that was my first clue." holloway says: "we were stuck with it. we couldn't' keep it, we couldn't get away from it." gillman says: "it was very dangerous and very explosive." gillman says: "i'm actually shocked it's lasted as long as it did. a train comes by, there's a lot of vibration... it's a blessing from the lord that everyone here has remained safe." safe." it was actually a 12 pound hotchkiss shell... which... could have... done ...some... major damage.../. no word ... on... if the bomb squad... destroyed the mortar. a... 13 year old boy... is in trouble... after coming home ...with a tattoo..././. he... got the ...dragon tattoo ...to symbolize... his battle... with leukemia.../. it... happened in ...centralia, washington...//. his parents...

are... not pleased..../ police... are... looking for... the tattoo artist...//. common sense... would... tell you... that... no artist... should agree ... to... ink someone... who's... barely a teenager.../ at... least call the parents... first. 3 a bleach brawl turns into a case of self defense. what the courts decided for these wal-mart warriors. 3

a... baltimore

county... woman... is... cleared... of all charges ... in.. .a... walmart... bleach fight. fight.it... happened... last fall... at... a... lansdowne walmart,.../ where ... ebony odoms says... another woman ... threw... bleach... and pine sol... on her..../that ... woman ...is... teresa jefferson, ... who pled... guilty... to assault... in april...//.the... fumes sent... 19 people... to the hospital... and... shut down the store ... for... several hours...//.odom... was also ...charged, .../ but... a... judge ruled ...today ... that... she acted ...in... self defense...///. police... say... an... ongoing dispute... between the women... triggered... the incident. .../ odom's ... fiance... has a child... with jefferson. how hot's it going to get looking into our weekend? weekend? let's go to vytas with the extended forecast.

the ravens practice as a team for the first time this summer...the 2 starters that were not on the field...next in sports unlimited...

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edition, i'm jeff barnd. here's bruce with sports unlimited. things were popping out in owings mills today...and with good reason...it was the ravens first full squad workout of training camp..two notable no- shows: pro bowler haloti ngata missed practice with a hamstring problem..and o lineman bryan mc kinney was out with what they're calling a personal matter, and will be out indefinately...morgan adsit spent the afternoon in owings mills, and she takes it from here. here. 3

afteroon baseball in baltimore...the orioles and

tampa bay rays wound up their crucial three game series...a series that up until today, had not been going well for the old home team... team... buck showalter and the birds trying to avoid the sweep.... bottom of the 5th...bases juiced...adam jones singles into left...nick markakis scores...jj hardy follows... o's lead 2-0....later in the inning...bases still loaded for chris davis...slices it to left-center...jim thome and jones score easily...matt wieters makes around from 1st...bases clearing double... 5-0 birds....bottom 7...davis finding his power bat... hammers it to right-center... gone for his 16th...orioles avoid the sweep of the rays... 6-2... as he heads into his

third...and final olympics...michael phelps is all business...no longer the wide-eyed 15 year old who competed in sydney, phelps can become the olympics all time gold medal leader with his 3rd gold in london.. london.. one thhng he's never done is march in the opening ceremonies...that's because the swimming events start the next day...and that tradition will continue this year...he'll watch the ceremonies on tv and then hit the pool on saturday...it's all routine at this point for the baltimore bullet... 3

back to football...the college game..and after a miracle season a year ago, towson's tigers are expected to do the same thing again this year... year... for the first time ever, towson has been selected as the caa pre-season favorite...in a poll of 11 caa coaches and sports information directorts, towson received 12 of a possible 22 votes...last season, towson had the biggest turnaround in the country...going from 1-10 to 9-3, a caa championship and ncaa playoff berth that'll do it for this edition of sports unlimited...i'm bruce cunningham...be sure to tune in to fox45 morning news tomorrow --